Timur Sergeyenia

Timur Sergeyenia was born in Minsk, Belarus in1969. His musical education began when he was three years old at a special school for talented children at the National Conservatory Minsk. His first teacher was Prof. Vladimir Kuzmenko. At the age of four he gave his first public concert with his own compositions. At seven he performed for the first time as a soloist with the National Chamber Orchestra of Belarus. Timur was known as a young pianist and composer. He was the author of numerous piano works. He wrote in In 1978 Timur wrote “Khatyn Ballad” which attracted the attention of press and made him famous in the USSR, as a child prodigy.

In 1979, Timur was a representative of the Soviet Union at the first World Children’s Assembly “Banner of Peace” (Sofia, Bulgaria), where he was recognized as one of the most talented participants.

During this period, numerous film and television studios of the USSR, Bulgaria, East Germany, the Czech Republic have made about Timur documentary films, television and radio shows.

In 1980, the Japanese broadcaster SBS invites Timur as a representative of the USSR in the international project “Children of the world “ The film about Timur Sergeyenia “Young Composer”, been shown in many countries around the world. In 1982, the film received the Grand Prix at the Film Festival in Milan.

He has been educated by outstanding teachers such as, Prof. Irina Tswetajewa, Prof. Valerij Schatskij (National Conservatory Minsk), Prof. Naum Starkman (National Tchaikowsky Conservatory in Moscow)

Masterclass: T. Nikolajeva, V. Merjanov, L. Berman, K. H. Kammerling, J. Meyer-Josten, F. Gevers, Fou t´Song, F. Leygraf, P. Badura-Skoda.

Timur Sergeyenia has successfully combined his concert work with his pedagogical and scientific activities. From 1996-1999 he worked as a piano-teacher at the National Conservatory Minsk and at the Special Music School for talented children where he himself had been trained. From 1995-1998, within the scope of his cooperation with the Institute of Scientific Research for problems of culture at the Academy of Sciences of Republic of Belarus, he wrote a book titled: “The psychological and physical training of musicians for the performance of public concerts”.

Since 1999 Timur Sergeyenia has been living and working in Germany.